mountaintop
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mountaintop
Example Sentences
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But like a sage on the basketball mountaintop, Wooden wouldn’t give a direct answer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Kid Rock -- whose real name is Robert Ritchie -- posted a video on X over the weekend showing a helicopter hovering near his mountaintop home's swimming pool as he clapped and saluted.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Picture a long, slow climb up the mountain of fame and wealth heading for a sign marked “Happiness”—only to discover, at the pinnacle, that happiness is actually on another mountaintop, across a ravine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
Until that moment, many men in the room had not known exactly why they’d been dragged to this remote mountaintop.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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